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Connection is why we are here. It is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives.
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Connection is why we are here. It is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives.
The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
The good of society depends on the virtue of its citizens.
Our heritage and ideals, our code and standards—the things that live in us and make us what we are.
History is who we are and why we are the way we are.
Inheritance is what you leave with someone. Legacy is what you leave in someone.
The human species thinks in metaphors and learns through stories.
Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fantasies.
The allegory of the cave is a metaphor for the human condition.
Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.
It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.
You are my heart is home.
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
Balance is not something you find, it is something you create.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.
Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking.
We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.
We are all connected. To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.
The best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
A true bond is not measured by the time spent together but by the comfort found when together.
The ties that bind us are stronger than any force that tries to tear us apart.
The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
Community is not about perfect people. It is about perfect love for imperfect people.
Society is like a stew. If you do not stir it occasionally, all the scum rises to the top.
Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.
The past is never dead. It is not even past.
Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
Remembrance is the only paradise from which we cannot be driven.
The greatest legacy one can pass on to one is children and grandchildren is not money or other material things, but rather a legacy of character and faith.
Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.
Great stories happen to those who can tell them.
Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.
Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.
Symbolism is the language of the soul.
Symbols are the language of something invisible spoken in the visible world.
Solitude is the soul is holiday.
The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.
Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.
Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
In silence there is eloquence. Stop weaving and see how the pattern improves.
Quiet is the new loud.
Stillness is what creates love. Movement is what creates life.
The void is not nothing. It is the womb of creation.
The void is full of possibilities.
Space is the breath of art.
To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wild flower.
Eternity is in love with the productions of time.
Forever is composed of nows.
Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.
Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
Once you choose hope, anything is possible.
Fall seven times, stand up eight.
Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it yet.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift.
Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want.
Be present in all things and thankful for all things.
The moment is everything.
In an instant, everything can change.
Every second is a fresh beginning.
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing.
Seize the day.
The night is darkest just before the dawn.
Love is not about how many days, months, or years you have been together. Love is about how much you love each other every single day.
Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans.
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.
If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.
Limit your always and your nevers.
The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other is life.
Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
The only way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you would have preferred to talk.
People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.
Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
A birth-date is a reminder to celebrate the life as well as to update the life.
Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.
Lost time is never found again.
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
Where there is love there is life.
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.
Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge.
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less.
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues.
It is unwise to be too sure of one is own wisdom.
Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.
Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it will always get you the right ones.
Loyalty is the pledge of truth to oneself and others.
One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.
Respect is how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress.
Trust takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair.
To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.
Compassion is the basis of morality.
The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.
The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.
To keep the body in good health is a duty.